Official Metal Gear Solid 4 Catch-All

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Later this week we'll finally get to experience the conclusion to the Metal Gear Solid series as we know it. This is the thread for SPOLIER FREE impressions, pre-launch expressions of lust, links to good retrospectives and other such things.

- The Bonus Round has a nice set of video discussions about the series, with special guest David Hayter, the voice of Solid Snake.

- 1Up's Retronauts podcast covers the Metal Gear series, with no Metal Gear Solid 4 spoilers to worry about. (Hey look, you can stream it right from the very top of this post!)

- Brainy Gamer has a nice primer for people coming into Metal Gear Solid 4 completely cold, talking about the previous games in order of story timeline rather than release dates. It includes TONS of cutscene footage from the games.

“We are all capable of becoming fundamentalists because we get addicted to other people’s wrongness.”
~Pema Chödrön

ClockworkHouse: He means the comic The Dark Knight Returns, where Batman and Superman get in a fistfight over Gotham. Not The Dark Knight Rises, where Batman and a loudly farting orchestra get in a fistfight over your attention.

I predict that the hot, mullet wearing mustachioed man on man action will eventually draw out a few more people. Or Nei, at the very least.

Brainy Gamer has a nice primer for people coming into Metal Gear Solid 4 completely cold, talking about the previous games in order of story timeline rather than release dates. It includes TONS of cutscene footage from the games.

By the way, this link is much appreciated -- I was thinking of trying to hunt down something similar to pass the time, and you've saved me the trouble.

I think I'm going to take a different tack with this game. I normally play straight and narrow, missing some of the kookier weapons and opportunities they present. There are basic tricks and moves in previous games that I didn't even know existed until after I finished them!

“We are all capable of becoming fundamentalists because we get addicted to other people’s wrongness.”
~Pema Chödrön

Can't wait for this. I've been keeping some money aside to afford my pre-order and a Dual Shock 3 to go with it. Combined with a few trades, I think I'll manage. Very excited to try out the online as well.

I'll be all over this on Thursday, I have my pre-order down and with all the info coming out it sounds like this'll be well worth it. I'm honestly wondering how long the multiplayer will last with goodjers. Not many were available for the beta and that wasn't exactly closed off.

All over it. I wish I had completed MGS3 (I don't have Sustinence.. the controls.. suck.. bad!) , even though the little re-cap on the DVD was good, I want to how it all played out. I managed to find a torrent with all the MGS movies rolled into one, hopefully I can watch that without losing anything in the translation.

I didn't have a PS3 for the beta, but I will be there for some online. I really enjoyed MGO in Subsistence for a while, until everyone else in the world got way, way better than me (that's always the way it is with these online things), so I expect the same with this MGO. I should update my info so my PS3 tag in there, just in case.

I'm still on the fence about it. I don't really have any games in my queue, (I'm playing through overlord right now . . . yeah . . . ). So I might pull the trigger, but I just feel like I have to buy a ds3 along with the game and I'm not quite sure I want to plunk down ~120 for it all.

I'll be along with this too. I'm new to the PS 3 gaming environment, but I have a bluetooth set-up in the XMB and ready to try it somehow, someway while playing the game. So, someone is the 'host' and send's invites, or...? (btw, I'm Toxdon in PS 3 land).

I'll be along with this too. I'm new to the PS 3 gaming environment, but I have a bluetooth set-up in the XMB and ready to try it somehow, someway while playing the game. So, someone is the 'host' and send's invites, or...? (btw, I'm Toxdon in PS 3 land).

That actually is a good question; honestly, we don't really know. Compared to the Xbox 360, online gaming on the PS3 is the wild west. If they have improved the multiplayer game id creation and server management stuff over the beta and made it more like other PS3 online games, then yeah, you should just need to just send out PSN friend invites (you can find PSN IDs here) and then we should be able to find each other in the game. However, in the MGO beta it was all an unusable mess that completely ignored the existing PSN ID architecture and had a variety of other problems that essentially made it nigh impossible to play with friends.

As such, I'm more or less just looking at the game as a single player experience, and if the multiplayer does end up working, well, that will be a nice bonus.

I'll be playing online this weekend. Of course, this is totally dependant on my ability to spend the $400+ I got on trade-in last week cleaning out my office. (like I am really going to go back and play Transformers for the 360...) Surprisingly, one of the titles that netted me the most cash back was "Lost: Via domus". I have no explanation for that.

So tonight at midnight, I'll be in line for the 80g PS3 bundle! Hooray!

Back on topic: I preordered this months ago, of course I'll pick it up Thurs, but unfortunately I won't get a chance to play until next week (friend's birthday party and a D&D game to go to this weekend).

Also, it's a little difficult for me to get the television sometimes, and I'm still working through all the missions in Mass Effect PC...

Anyway, I'm totally psyched for the game, it's just tempered with the knowledge that I won't get to play it at first (and I'll have to avoid yahoos with spoilers for a while).

Garth Marenghi wrote:

I'm one of the few people you'll meet who've written more books than they've read.

I've been in Iowa for training all week and can't wait to get back to Chicago tonight to pick it up.

I played/beat MGS 1 and 2, but missed three and all the in betweens. I've read many of the history and restrospectives and can't wait to see it in action. I worry about the already mentioned long cutscenes, but hopefully they will be entertaining enough for me to enjoy.